NEW YORK, Oct 30 (Reuters) - U.S. stocks rose on Thursday,
boosted by a strong reading on quarterly economic growth and by
another round of upbeat earnings reports including Visa, which
accounted for nearly 140 points in the Dow industrials.

Despite the bullish data and the Federal Reserve's Wednesday
statement indicating the economy is strengthening, gains on the
S&P 500 were led by healthcare and utilities, traditionally
defensive sectors.

Analysts cited mutual funds purchases of the best performing
stocks for the run in those sectors, as funds close their books
for the year at the end of this month. Healthcare and
utilities are both up nearly 20 percent year-to-date.

"End of year for mutual funds is most likely going to be
selling losers and continue to buy winners," said Art Hogan,
chief market strategist at Wunderlich Securities in New York.
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